I always liked books, not only to read them, but to own them, to collect them. Books are an artistic expression to me, a part from their literary content, for their continent. Years ago I started a little collection of children's books with beautiful illustration and most of times sad and melancholic ones, they are the prettiest. I have books in several languages, as a kind of souvenir from the places I visit.

From a while now I do the same with cookbooks. I use to buy one a month, I cannot cook all the recipes before I buy the new one, I know, but I cannot help it!